† in-stopn.
Obsolete. rare.
(apparently) An inside guard.
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in-stop14..
out-stopa1500
warda1586
guard1601
preem1603
unicorn guard1617
quarte1639
tierce1687
tierce guard1687
tierce parade1687
inside1692
carte1707
hanging guard1707
quinte1707
seconde1707
saccoon1708
prime1710
segoon1721
octave1771
supination1805
septime1861
sixte1885
sixth1885
corps à corps1910
14.. Fencing in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 308 The man that wol to the to hond swerd lere bothe close and clere, He most have a goode eye bothe fer and nere, And an in stop, and an owte stop, and an hawke quartere.
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